New Years Resolutions for the World

Can we please do something about Mugabe? Seriously, the guy is just a dick.

The Girl Effect

Nice thought, anyway

There's absolutely no chance of it actually working, but on paper, Mogadishu now has a better, more sensible gun-control policy than almost anywhere in America.

Mogadishu, as in 'violent conflict for several decades now'. As in 'Black Hawk Down' took place there. As in 'vile, disaster-torn hellhole'.

Yeah. They now have more gun control than we do. And I think something's a little bit off about that.

It's not that hard

Or maybe it really is that hard, but believe me, having real, legitimate, fair elections is worth it. Really, when was the last time a legitimately, justly-elected official went on a massive genocidal rampage?

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Okay, that's not so great of an example because it was a while ago but there certainly was a, uh, scale issue.

But, seriously. And it's not just Nigeria, it's "most of the world that's not Western Europe or North America." You have candidates. They campaign. People go to a designated polling place. They vote. You don't screw around with their votes. Easy.